.......OR ONE MAY GIVE CONTINUING HELP OR LOVE TO ONE OTHER PERSON WHO WANTS OR NEEDS IT. THERE IS IMPLIED A WILLINGNESS TO ACT WITH SOME REGARD FOR THE CONSEQUENCES TO OTHERS...

"THANKS.

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CONSIDERING EVERYTHING, I THINK YOUR BATTING AVERAGE

ON TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS IS REMARKABLY LOW!"

FLORENCE CONRAD, CALIFORNIA

WE DIDN'T "FIRE" THE TYPISTS, JUST BEAT 'EM TO DEATH. A CAMPAIGN IS NOW RAGING TO KEEP THE LADDER PURE (TYPOGRAPHICALLY SPEAKING).

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ED.

"THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR ANOTHER SPLENDID ISSUE. WE ARE AVID READERS AT OUR HOUSE AND WHEN THE LADDER ARRIVES IT RECEIVES OUR STRICT AND UNDIVIDED ATTENTION.

"WE ENJOYED BEV BERKELEY'S STORY, 'THE GAY PARTY,' VERY MUCH. BUT MORE THAN THAT WAS THE UNCANNY SIMILARITY BETWEEN IT AND A HALF-HEARTED LITERARY ATTEMPT ON MY PART. THE CHARACTERS, SETTING, PLOT ALMOST IDENTICAL. PLEASE DON'T THINK I'M IMPLYING THAT THERE IS PLAGIARISM ABROAD, BUT IT WAS SO COINCIDENTAL AS TO MERIT WRITING ABOUT.

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"BEST WISHES FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUCCESS WITH THE MARVELOUS JOB YOU ARE DOING FOR US."

B.A.N., ONTARIO, CANADA

EDITOR'S NOTE

LETTERS FROM OUR READERS COMMENTING ON ARTICLES AND STORIES APPEARING IN THE LADDER ARE BECOMING FEWER AND FEWER. WHY? WHY? IS IT THAT NO ONE READS THE MAGAZINE OR (WE HOPE) THAT YOU ARE ALL TOO

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LAZY TO LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK? WE'D LIKE TO HEAR PRO OR CON. THIS IS YOUR MAGAZINE AND WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU TO KNOW IF WE ARE DOING THE JOB THE WAY YOU WANT IT DONE.

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